Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The stark nature of the funding is outlined in the report of the expert advisory group set up by the Government. It says that if the city and county councils are amalgamated the average funding will be €738 per capitaas compared to €1,000 per capitacurrently. That means that Galway will be €300 multiplied by approximately 300,000 short every year. I will let the Minister of State do the basic mathematics.

The letter provided with the executive summary at the beginning of the report states that the amalgamation the group recommends must be preceded by addressing the deficiencies in both human and financial resources noted by it. We are asking the Minister of State to follow what is in his report and sort out the money. We will talk about the other issues again.

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